Quotes by Elizabeth Goudge, A City of Bells

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He supposed he was one of those unfortunates born with a great capacity for suffering.... He opened his eyes a moment an — Elizabeth Goudge, A City of Bells
For a few minutes the anxiety that tormented him had vanished, leaving his mind as serene as the beauty he looked at. Ve — Elizabeth Goudge, A City of Bells
It was not the size of things that mattered but their perfection, it was not what one had that was important, but what o — Elizabeth Goudge, A City of Bells
Peace....Henrietta was not quite sure what it was but she knew it was very important. If one wanted it, Grandfather had — Elizabeth Goudge, A City of Bells
Yet surely that story she had imagined was a real thing? If you created a story with your mind surely it was just as muc — Elizabeth Goudge, A City of Bells
There had come to him one of those moments of quiet despair that lie in wait for even the happiest. Stealthy-footed they — Elizabeth Goudge, A City of Bells
Ferranti's thoughts had been his. As before he had understood his remorse so now he understood the mental chains that ha — Elizabeth Goudge, A City of Bells
In the old days he had clutched life with such violence that the juice of it ran out between his fingers and was lost, b — Elizabeth Goudge, A City of Bells